Preserving
the Past, Ensuring the Future!
Bronzeville Visitor Information Center (opening 2005)
The Bronzeville Visitor Information Center
is located at the historic gateway to the Black Metropolis Historic District
and will serve as an orientation point of information access for tourists,
residents and researchers. Visitors will be welcomed to Bronzeville and
directed to multiple sites & attractions that make the community an
internationally significant African American heritage tourism destination.
Information • Tours • Exhibits • Shops • Planning • Research
The Liberty Life Center
(Landmark Supreme/Liberty Life Insurance Building)
35th & Martin Luther King Drive
Chicago, IL 60616
Click here to view a PowerPoint version of our Sponsorship Drive
Make a Contribution
| _______ | $ 20.00 Individual Contribution | |
| _______ | $ 50.00 Friend | Includes your choice of Bronzeville electronic postcard (DVD) or Bronzeville Photographic Booklet ($10.00 Value) |
| _______ | $ 100.00 Patron | Includes Bronzevillonline.com baseball Cap ($20.00 value) |
| _______ | $ 250.00 Supporter | Includes Advanced autographed copy of Knocking Down Barriers, Fighting for Black America a memoir by Truman K. Gibson, Jr. (Value $21.95 ) |
| _______ | $ 500.00 Sponsor | Includes 2 hr. “Restoring Bronzeville” private tour for four people, or a Step-on Guide for your Own Group Tour (Value $250.00) |
| _______ | $1,000.00 Keeper of Culture | Includes listing Bronze Wall Plaque on-site and annual Report Listing |
| _______ | $5,000.00 Legacy Bench | Includes 2nd Floor window seat with engraved plaque - A perfect tribute to honor someone’s memory or recognize a special occasion (limited to 8 Benches) |
| _______ | Other Amount |
To make your donation online, click the PayPal donation button below. Please indicate your giving level on the PayPal donation page.
If you prefer to mail a check, please print this PDF Version of the contribution form and mail to:
Double Duty Dollars Development Drive
c/o The Black Metropolis Convention & Tourism Council
444 E. 48th Street, 1st Floor
Chicago, IL 60615
The Black Metropolis Convention & Tourism Council, a 501(c) 3 Illinois non-Profit corporation.
From left to right in photo: Yorell Groves, Senior Project Manager for East Lake Management & Development Corporation, Paula Robinson, Managing Director of BCDP and Kevin Snow, Interior Designer for Ravenswood Studios discuss alternative buildout strategies within the 4,000 square feet of office space in the Supreme/Liberty Life building designated for the Bronzeville Visitor Information Center.
BVIC Floorplans
- Interior Construction Build-out - 4,000 sq. ft.
- Bronzeville Visitor Information Center
- Exhibit Areas & Bronzevilleonline.com Research Archive
- Black Metropolis Convention & Tourism Council Office
Visitor Center Components:
1st Floor:
§ Information Desk & touch screens
§ Directional & information Kiosks*
§ Tourism Center & Bus Staging Area
§ Gift Shop
§ Segway Rentals*
§ Elevator & Stairs Access
§ Plasma Screen billboards*2nd Floor:
(Public space)
§ Staircase wall mural
§ Docent/Volunteer Room & Call Center
§ Exhibit Area – rentable space
§ Program/Lecture Area – Rentable Space w/ Kitchenette for Catering preparation
§ Black Metropolis Business Mentors & Protégés Exhibit (permanent exhibit)*
§ Plasma Screen dvd presentations*
§ WiFi Hot Spot (wireless access)*
§ BronzevilleOnline.com Research Archive*(Black Metropolis Convention & Tourism Council)
§ BMC&TC Business offices
§ Conference Room (Satellite teleconference capability) – Rentable Space*
§ Bronzeville Community Development Partnership
§ Community Planning Studio & Design Center*
§ Black metropolis Technology commission
§ BronzevilleOnline.com
§ Bronzeville Neighborhood learning Network
§ Bronzeville Historic Preservation Society
* Sponsorship & Underwriting Opportunities please contact The BMC&TC
marketing Director for
more information at info@Bronzevilleonline.com.
The Black Metropolis Convention & Tourism Council welcomes in-kind
donations of Equipment, material Goods and professional Services.
Join the
Southside
Technology Co-op
sponsored by MacTrading.com
The Other Chicago
A video featuring Harold Lucas and other Chicagoans
The
370th Infantry:
Chicago's 8th Illinois National Guard In WWI
47th
Street in its Heydey
featuring the Palm Tavern
Click to join the
Bronzeville
Obelisk Project
Donate and place your corporate, business, or family name on
a Bronzeville obelisk to celebrate over 100 years of Black Heritage
Chicago 1946 - 1948
Photos
by Wayne Miller
Knocking Down Barriers
By: Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
Bridges of Memory
By: Timuel D. Black, Jr.
Fernando Jones - Stranded
Valerie Leonard receives Neighborhood Excellence Award
Highlights from the National Trust
for Historic Preservation Annual Conference
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News Archive
Meet Harold Lucas,
our ePublisher
(click
photo for more information)
University of Chicago's
Big Buddies Youth Program
Visits Bronzeville
(click photo for details)
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773.373.2827 fax
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